White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that President Biden had not been briefed in advance of the FBI raid on former President Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago. American citizens were relieved to hear the news that the president exercises no executive control over the Department of Justice.
Meanwhile, the FBI seized the cell phone of Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania.
In other news, a massive explosion shook a Russian air base in the Crimea, killing at least one person. The Ukrainian government has so far not claimed responsibility for the blast.
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Canada Has Lost 74,000 Jobs in Two Months
Canada lost jobs for two consecutive months, with the nation seeing the loss of 74,000 jobs since May.
According to a report from Statistics Canada, Canada lost 59,000 jobs in June, with total jobs lost between May and August declining by 74,000.
Many of these job losses were amongst public sector employees, with 51,000 job losses recorded in July (the first decline in the sector in a year), while the number of self-employed workers rose by 34,000. Private sector employment numbers were little changed.
Despite the decline, the jobless rate of 4.9% has apparently remained the same, with there being fewer jobs but also fewer people looking for work.
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Dutch Inflation Above 10% for First Time Since 1975
Inflation in the Netherlands climbed above 10 percent for the first time since 1975, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported based on its own calculation method.
According to the stats office, consumer goods and services were 10.3 percent more expensive in July than in the same month last year. In June, inflation was still 8.6 percent. The increase was mainly because energy prices have recently skyrocketed and house rents increased more.
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Just 12% of Americans Believe the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Will Actually Reduce Inflation
A dismal 12% of Americans believe that the gargantuan Democratic-sponsored “Inflation Reduction Act” will actually reduce inflation, according to a new poll released this week.
The Economist/YouGov poll, which queried 1,500 U.S. adults, asked respondents their feelings on the $369 billion “Inflation Reduction Act” currently making its way through Congress this week.
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3 Dead in Shooting at Florida Narcotics Anonymous Meeting
EDGEWATER, Fla. (AP) — A man went into a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in Florida and fatally shot his ex-girlfriend and her friend before turning the gun on himself, police said Tuesday.
Quinton Hunter brandished the gun shortly after entering the Monday night meeting, Edgewater police Chief Joseph Mahoney said during a news conference Tuesday. About 20 other participants safely fled and called police, he said.
Erica Hoffman and Ian Greenfield were already dead when officers arrived, the chief said. At some point after the shooting, Hunter began recording a Facebook Live which showed him wearing goggles and breathing heavily.
“It appears from the timeline we have that he had already shot Mr. Greenfield and had fired several other shots before he went live,” the chief said. “But he didn’t make any comments, he didn’t communicate with us. Just heavy breathing. It was very strange.”
Officers sought to make contact with the suspect to negotiate before a SWAT team breached the building and found the gunman and the two others dead inside, the post said.
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The Alaska man who posed online as an ISIS-radicalized Lafayette College student, made threats to bomb several locations on campus and firebombed a car in Canada will spend more than five years in federal prison.
Gavin Lee Casdorph, 22, of Anchorage, was charged in January 2019 and pleaded guilty in April 2020 to one count of willfully making false threats. He was sentenced Wednesday to five years and three months by U.S. District Judge Edward Smith at the federal courthouse in Easton. He was also given three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay more than $7,700 in restitution and a $1,000 fine
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Biden’s DOE Faces Lawsuit Over ‘Kickback’ To Teachers’ Unions
Charter schools in Ohio and Michigan joined forces to sue the Biden administration on Monday over a rule that has been described as a “kickback to the teacher’s unions” and would limit charter school grant funding based on public schools’ over-enrollment and racial quotas.
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Breaking: Suspect in Serial Muslim Killings Condemned by Biden and Kamala Revealed to be Muslim
Albuquerque Police arrested a suspected serial killer on Tuesday who they believe is allegedly responsible for the murders of four Muslim men.
Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina tweeted Tuesday that the “primary suspect” has been detained after authorities located a “vehicle of interest.”
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Breaking: White House Claims Biden Was ‘Not Briefed’ on FBI Trump Mar-a-Lago Raid
During Tuesday’s White House press conference, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that President Biden had not been briefed ahead of the Monday FBI raid at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.
In response to one reporter’s question, Jean-Pierre said, “No, the president was not briefed, was not aware of it. No, no one at the White House was given a heads up. No, that did not happen.”
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Breaking: FBI Seizes Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry’s Phone Day After Raid at Mar-a-Lago
Just one day after FBI agents raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said that the FBI has now confiscated his cellphone.
In a statement to Fox News, Perry said that he had been traveling with his family earlier on Tuesday, when he was approached by three FBI agents who handed the congressman a warrant and seized his cellphone.
“This morning, while traveling with my family, 3 FBI agents visited me and seized my cell phone. They made no attempt to contact my lawyer, who would have made arrangements for them to have my phone if that was their wish. I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting Member of Congress,” Perry said in a statement to Fox News.
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Critical Race Theory is a Threat to Our National Security
The U.S. military is being attacked from within. But instead of rifles and tanks, the weapon being used to dismantle our armed forces is progressive ideology.
The latest target is the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, which was established by George Washington and is where our rising generation of Army officers are schooled. Government watchdog Judicial Watch just uncovered that West Point leadership has been force-feeding cadets the tenets of critical race theory , a Marxist theory that stokes racial separatism.
As a result of two Freedom of Information Act lawsuits against the Department of Defense, Judicial Watch forced the release of more than 600 pages of PowerPoint slides, handouts, and other curricula used to educate West Point cadets on topics such as “modern day slavery in the USA.”
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Deep State’s “Next Step Will be Assassination” After Trump Raid Warns Former NYC Police Commissioner
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has warned that if the FBI’s raid on President Trump’s home doesn’t stop him running in 2024, the “next step” for those seeking absolute control of the U.S. political system will be assassination.
Kerik, who was police commissioner during the 9/11 attacks, made the comments in a response to a tweet from former acting Director of the United States National Intelligence Richard Grenell, who blasted the raid as “outrageous” and akin to the actions of “third world dictators.”
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John Solomon, founder and editor-in-chief of Just the News, noted on Tuesday’s edition of the Breitbart News Daily podcast with host Alex Marlow that whistleblowers from the Federal Bureau of Investigaion (FBI) warned of “political manipulation” at the FBI’s Washington Field Office, which conducted a raid on Monday of former President Donald Trump’s personal residence at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
FBI Director Christopher Wray has not “taken” the whistleblowers’ allegations of partisan political corruption at the FBI “as seriously as the proof and evidence now merit,” Solomon stated.
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FBI Raid on Trump Designed to Stop Him Running in 2024
The FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is specifically designed to stop him from running for president again in 2024, legal experts have concluded.
Trump’s Palm Beach property was raided by the feds last night as part of a supposed investigation into Trump taking classified documents when he left office.
The Biden Regime dubiously claimed it had no advance knowledge of the raid, which has overwhelmingly been characterized by Republicans as politically motivated.
According to legal experts, the raid is clearly intended to be part of an effort to charge Trump with mishandling White House records, which would stop him from being able to run for president in 2024.
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Brexit firebrand Nigel Farage has expressed his ‘shock’ at what he called the ‘appalling’ raid on former President Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago yesterday.
Brexit architect and political commentator Nigel Farage has expressed his “shock” at last night’s FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago on Monday morning, an action the veteran populist firebrand described as “appalling”.
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The Florida judge who signed off the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s mansion represented Jeffrey Epstein’s workers, it has been revealed.
Bruce Reinhart acted for several employees of the billionaire pedophile before he sanctioned the ‘unannounced’ search on Mar-a-Lago yesterday.
He left the local US Attorney’s office over a decade ago to set up a private practice and help staff members including his Lolita Express pilots and his scheduler.
He was accused in a lawsuit of breaking the Justice Department’s policies by using information from his previous job to benefit in the private sector, which he denied.
Meanwhile Reinhart was also revealed to have donated to Barack Obama’s campaign in 2008 and Jeb Bush’s when he ran against Trump in 2015.
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Judicial Watch Files Motion to Unseal FBI Search Warrant for Mar-a-Lago Raid
Judicial Watch on Tuesday announced that it filed a motion to unseal the search warrant that the FBI used to raid former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate of Mar-a-Lago on Monday evening.
Trump confirmed in a statement on Monday evening that FBI agents had entered his home and broke into his private safe.
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Jury Convicts Former Twitter Employee of Spying for Saudi Arabia
A jury in San Francisco, California convicted a former Twitter employee of spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia after he gave the kingdom the personal information of those who used the platform to criticize the Saudi regime.
The jury also found Egyptian-born U.S. resident Ahmad Abouammo guilty on charges of money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and falsifying records, Bloomberg reported.
Abouammo, who previously served as a media partnership manager for the company, was responsible for promoting Twitter in the Middle East and North Africa. Prosecutors alleged, however, that he maintained a close relationship with an aide to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and aided in the silencing of his critics.
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Minnesota School District Policy Bans Teaching “Divisive Concepts”
BECKER — A central Minnesota school district is clashing with the teachers union and LGBTQ allies over a proposed policy that opponents say would undermine equity and inclusion.
The proposal by three Becker school board members prohibits “political indoctrination or the teaching of inherently divisive concepts,” in the district’s schools.
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Poll Finds January 6 Committee Has Had No Impact on Public Opinion
A new poll by Monmouth University shows that the much heralded January 6 Committee has had virtually no impact whatsoever on public opinion.
Well, this is awkward.
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Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., one of 10 Republican House members who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, conceded her re-election bid Tuesday as Trump-supported challenger Joe Kent appears set to advance to the general election.
Beutler is one of two Washington representatives who voted to impeach Trump, though Rep. Dan Newhouse survived his own challenge from the right to appear on midterm election ballot in November.
In a statement, Beutler, who represents Washington state’s Third Congressional District, thanked Washington state for their support, and said despite her loss she was “proud that I always told the truth, stuck to my principles, and did what I knew to be best for our country.”
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St. Louis Woman Sentenced for Attempted Arson During 2020 Protests
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) — A St. Louis woman was sentenced Tuesday to 27 months in prison after trying to set fires at a 7-Eleven during a 2020 protest.
Officials said on June 1, 2020, Nautica Turner poured lighter fluid on the 7-Eleven in the 200 block of N. 17th Street while the store was being looted by other people. A man, Justin Cannamore, showed her a better technique for pouring the fluid before she took the container back and continued the attempted arson.
Cannamore, of St. Louis County, later set a fire in an aisle of the store which was put out when a firework exploded in the same location. Turner tried to restart the fire with a thin cardboard box but was unsuccessful before attempting to light a fire in a concrete trashcan outside the store.
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Texas Father Convicted of Fatally Shooting His 2 Daughters
DALLAS (AP) — A suburban Dallas man who evaded arrest for more than 12 years after being accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in 2008 was convicted Tuesday in their killings.
Yaser Said, 65, was found guilty of capital murder in the deaths of 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said. Prosecutors did not pursue the death penalty, meaning Yaser Said receives an automatic life sentence.
Prosecutor Lauren Black has said Said was “obsessed with possession and control.”
The sisters were found shot to death in a taxi parked near a hotel in the Dallas suburb of Irving on New Year’s Day in 2008. Jurors heard a 911 call Sarah Said made by cellphone, telling the operator that her father had shot her and that she was dying.
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The Guardian Accuses Republicans of ‘Weaponising’ Trump Raid
Following the news of the FBI raiding President Trump’s home, The Guardian suggested that REPUBLICANS are ‘weaponising’ the situation to make unfounded claims of a deep state and a politicised justice department.
The leftist newspaper’s headline reads Republicans dust off familiar playbook to weaponise Mar-a-Lago FBI search, with a sub headline of GOP accusations of ‘deep state’ and politicization of justice department likely to foment an intense backlash.
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The Truth About the FBI Raid on Trump
Are establishment Republicans actually going to do anything about the FBI raid on Trump other than tweet about it?
Yeah, I’m sure the despotic, totalitarian deep state really cares about your moral argument that they’ve failed to act fairly or maintain ideological consistency.
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Cryptocurrency platform Tornado Cash has been placed on the US Treasury Department’s blacklist known as SDN (Specially Designated Nationals) list, operated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), for allegedly being responsible for laundering billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrencies.
On Monday, OFAC announced the decision, which means US residents are prohibited from using the Tornado Cash site and the 44 USD Coin (USDC) and Ether (ETH) addresses that have been added to the SDN list.
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After the FBI executed a search warrant on Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, supporters of the former president gathered outside the Florida resort and FBI headquarters to protest.
Though it was initially unclear which of several pending investigations into the former president the warrant was related to, ABC News cited sources saying it was in connection to 15 boxes of potentially classified documents Trump took with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his presidency.
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Twitter and Facebook Ask Judge to Dismiss Laura Loomer Lawsuit
Twitter and Facebook have asked a federal judge to throw out conservative investigative journalist, activist, and congressional candidate Laura Loomer’s latest lawsuit filed because the social media companies banned her from the site.
Loomer, who is running for Congress in Florida’s 11th Congressional District, sued both Twitter and Facebook (Meta) in May, for banning her accounts in November 2018 and May 2019, respectively. Facebook also deleted her political campaign page almost immediately after it was created in November 2019.
The new filing is based on a claim that what the two social media giants consider their anti “hate speech” rules breaks US racketeering laws (RICO).
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Video: Gingrich Warns ‘If Weaponised FBI Can Raid Trump, What Can They Do to You?’
Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich issued a stark warning Monday night following the raid of President Trump’s home, noting that if federal agents can do that, imagine what they can and will do to everyday Americans.
Appearing on Hannity, Gingrich warned “I think what’s even more troubling and what every American, whether you’re a Democrat, Republican, doesn’t matter, liberal, conservative, doesn’t matter. If 30 FBI agents can take over the house of a former President of the United States and probable candidate for president, what can they do to you?”
Gingrich further called on Americans not to underestimate how “deliberately these people are committed to doing whatever it takes.”
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Video: Biden Struggles to Put His Jacket on, Needs Help From Jill
A video shows Joe Biden struggling to put his own jacket on without the help of his wife Jill in what the president’s detractors claim is another sign of his cognitive decline.
The clip shows Biden and his wife walking on the tarmac after landing in Kentucky.
A mask-wearing Biden successfully puts one arm in his jacket but then immediately runs into difficulties.
He tries to twist and turn to get his other arm in the jacket but then calls on Jill to come to his aid.
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72% of Farmers Say Crop Yield Will Plummet Under Trudeau’s Emissions Scheme
In a recent poll, 72% of farmers said that crop yields and food production will plummet should the Trudeau government’s 30% fertilizer emission targets be implemented.
Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) policy analyst Taylor Brown has called Nitrogen an “essential element” for the success of Canada’s agricultural sector.
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CBC Blasted for Depicting White Voters and Conservative Voters as Hateful
CBC’s Ombudsman Jack Nagler criticized the state broadcaster for publishing a commentary by an Elections Canada worker which painted elderly white voters and Conservative voters as hateful and racist.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Nagler ordered the CBC to review its editorial practices as a result of the incident.
“It was not okay to publish a headline that declared political parties and by inference their voters as ‘hating’ people,” said Nagler.
Nagler found that the commentary was in breach of the CBC’s Journalistic Standards And Practices by being “neither fair nor precise enough to be considered accurate.”
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Danielle Smith Says She’ll Ban Lockdowns and Mandates for Kids
UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith says she wants to protect kids from the horrible impacts of lockdowns, calling them a “terrible mistake” that “can’t happen again.”
“The last two years of lockdowns, fear, and isolation were extremely harmful to them. As a result, we’re seeing an epidemic of mental health and substance abuse issues among young people at levels never before seen,” MLA Danielle Smith begins.
“In addition,” Smith continues, “thousands of children and youth have fallen behind in their academics and social development. This crisis is one that we as Albertans must acknowledge and face together because these young ones are literally our future.”
“That’s why as Premier, I will make it my number one priority to protect our kids.”
[Comment: She sounds like the Canadian counterpart to Florida governor Ron Desantis.]
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Even CTV News Readers Are Against Mask Mandates
A recent poll by CTV News has revealed that not even their own reader base supports mask mandates in schools.
As per a community poll released on August 8, 76% (4,536) of respondents out of a pool of 5,948 say that masks should not be mandatory in schools.
CTV News’s poll was fairly conducted, giving readers a simple “yes” or “no” option rather than a more biased poll on the issue of masking released earlier this year by the Toronto Star.
The poll was launched the same day the Ontario Education Ministry announced that masks are no longer needed in schools as a safety measure for COVID come Fall.
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Fighting Trudeau’s Travel Mandate in Court Part. 2
On Part 2 of this special two-part episode of The Rupa Subramanya Show, Rupa, Shawn Rickard, Karl Harrison and Sam Presvelos continue their conversation about their ongoing court challenge of Justin Trudeau’s travel mandate.
Last week, Rupa broke a bombshell story that proves the vaccine mandate imposed on Canadians was not based on science as the government claimed, but rather on politics.
An ongoing court challenge to the travel vaccine mandate has exposed the inner working of Covid Recovery — a government coordinated panel that was tasked with implementing the mandate. Not only did Rupa’s report highlight the fact that not a single member of the Covid Recovery panel have a science or medical degree, but the group was panicking to have scientific and medical justification for the mandate they imposed on Canadians that was never given to them.
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Nurse Shortages Leading to Emergency Department Shutdowns
Nationwide nurse shortages have led to multiple hospitals being forced to shut down their emergency departments.
Over the weekend, Montfort Hospital in Ottawa, along with Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital just outside the city, was forced to shut down their emergency department for an entire 12 hours due to what Montfort called “an unprecedented shortage of nurses.”
“The decision to close the Emergency, even for a few hours, is not easy to make, but we have to do it to ensure our team is able to offer excellent, safe and compassionate care when the Emergency reopens,” reads a statement from Montfort.
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Ottawa Police Blocks Rebel News Investigation Into ‘Jackboots’ Convoy Messages
Rebel News filed for access to information with the Ottawa police for their communications relating to the comments made by the RCMP musical ride team, and the force has denied the release records.
While Ottawa police claim they have no communications regarding the musical ride fiasco, the leaked messages made international news and became a topic of discussion on Fox News for days.
A second excuse, that the Ottawa police does not collect the text messages of members personal phones, records from member’s work phones were also not provided to Rebel News.
The Freedom Convoy was a nationwide protest movement that saw thousands of trucks and initially hundreds of thousands of demonstrators land in the nation’s capital for nearly four weeks protesting remaining COVID restrictions including cross-border vaccine mandates for truckers.
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Trudeau is Banning Handgun Imports
Trudeau’s Safety Minister announced that Canada is banning most handgun imports until Bill C-21 is passed.
“When we announced Bill C-21 and the national handgun freeze, we said we’d use every tool in our box to keep Canadians safe,” tweeted Safety Minister Marco Mendicino. “Today, we’re announcing a national ban on handgun importation, bringing the ultimate impact of the freeze into force sooner.”
Given that the vast majority of Canada’s firearms are manufactured elsewhere, this importation ban effectively puts a cap on the current number of handguns in the country.
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Unvaccinated People Ineligible for Globe and Mail Columnist Position
The Globe and Mail is looking to hire a new columnist, but the unvaccinated need not apply.
A job advertisement posted by the legacy media outlet says it is looking for “a passionate writer and thinker to join the Opinion team, one who can bring unique perspectives to our readers through their columns and essays.”
However, that “passionate writer and thinker” must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or have a valid exemption “based on one or more of the protected grounds in the Human Rights Code.”
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BBC Dismayed by Brexit Blow to ‘Eat the Bugs’ Agenda
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has expressed dismay that Brexit has temporarily delayed efforts to normalise the consumption of bugs to achieve “net zero”.
The state-owned news organisation, funded by a compulsory licence fee which all television viewers and all consumers of BBC iPlayer content online must pay on pain of fines backed by imprisonment, noted that the sale of edible insects in Great Britain became illegal after the end of the so-called Brexit transition period — although not in Northern Ireland, which was surrendered to the European Union as a kind of customs and regulatory semi-colony — in a short video report focused on two so-called “insect farmers” with a clear commercial interest in the “eat the bugs” agenda.
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Denmark Bans COVID Vaccine for Youth Under 18
Denmark has announced that people under the age of 18 are no longer allowed to get the COVID vaccine.
Those wanting their first shot were cut off after July 1, and no one in the age group — aside from those who are considered “high risk” and have a doctor’s note — will be allowed to get a second shot after September 1.
“Children and adolescents only very rarely become seriously ill from COVID-19 with the omicron variant. Therefore, from July 1, 2022, it will no longer be possible for children and adolescents under the age of 18 to get the 1st [shot], and from September 1, 2022, it will no longer be possible to get the 2nd [shot],” reads a government statement. [translated from Danish]
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England’s Woke Police Fail to Solve a Single Theft in 84 Per Cent of Neighbourhoods
Britain’s woke police forces have suffered a fresh blow to their credibility as statistics show close to nine in ten neighbourhoods where thefts have been reported have seen precisely zero solved.
British police officers, who have lost much of the sympathy traditionally afforded them by right-leaning members of the public as they arrest people for memes and jokes and brand tens of thousands as being responsible for so-called “non-crime hate incidents” while property crime and violent and sexual crimes are neglected, have likely lost even more now that it has emerged that they have failed to solve a single theft in some 84 per cent of neighbourhoods in the last three years.
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French National Federation of Agricultural Trade Unions (FNSEA) announced the expectations of a shortage of milk in the country in the coming autumn and winter.
“For milk production, fodder is needed, mainly alfalfa and corn, which were not harvested this year. So there is a risk of milk shortages this autumn and this winter,” Yannick Fialip, chairman of the FNSEA economic commission, told Franceinfo.
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Germany’s Antifa-linked Interior Minister has threatened the public with consequences should they decide to like posts she disapproves of on social media.
Nancy Faeser, Germany’s leftist Interior Minister, has threatened the general public with consequences should they decide to like posts on social media she deems problematic.
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Going for Growth: Populist Salvini Campaigns on Low, Flat Tax for Italy Elections
Italian populist League leader Matteo Salvini has called for the implementation of a 15 per cent flat income tax ahead of next month’s election as the centre-right coalition continues to dominate in the polls.
Salvini called for the 15 per cent flat tax for all Italians as part of his electoral campaign which he has stated he is focused primarily and security issues and economic issues.
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Netherlands: Farmers Group Pledge ‘Hardest Demonstrations Ever’ After Environment Policy Meeting
The Farmers Defense Force is not satisfied with Friday’s meeting between farmers and the Cabinet, and believes protests will escalate as a result. The organization was joined by a number of other farmers’ groups, who also voiced their disillusionment with the talks.
According to Jeroen van Maanen of the FDF, farmers’ organizations were disappointed in the conversation between farmers and nitrogen moderator Johan Remkes. The FDF speaks for eight farmers’ organizations that participated in a debriefing meeting in Wageningen on Friday afternoon and claims to represent 95 percent of agriculture.
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Netherlands: Tractors Drive Wrong Way on Highway to Escape Police; More Burning Hay Along A28
Farmers drove through a parking lot fence to start a fire on the side of the A28 near Putten early Saturday morning. Earlier the same night, activists brought tractors onto the highway in Friesland.
The fire brigade was called in to extinguish the blaze on the A28, which included hay bales. The actions came after farmers met with the Cabinet on Friday to discuss the nitrogen emissions strategy, a talk that many farmers’ organizations called disappointing.The organizations subsequently pledged to carry out even tougher demonstrations.
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Netherlands: More Arrests for Dumping Asbestos, Waste on Highways During Farmers Protest
The police arrested multiple suspects for dumping asbestos and other waste on highways and setting them on fire during farmers’ protests against the government’s nitrogen policy in recent weeks. According to the police, dumping waste on highways, where the speed limit is 130 km/h at night, creates extremely dangerous situations for unsuspecting road users.
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Netherlands: Farmer Rebellion: Examining the Urban vs. Rural Divide
There is always talk of a divide between the residents of the city and citizens who live in rural areas, so I’m here in Amsterdam to find out what people think.
As you are aware, protests have been sparked across the Netherlands and in fact, these protests have been going on since 2019. This is when the Dutch government declared a nitrogen emission crisis which meant that farmers would have to cut their livestock by up to 50%, emission caps would be enacted so that the farmers would have to reduce fertilizer usage, and the continued worry of farmers having to give up their land to the state.
Fast forward now to 2022. The situation has escalated and the protests have grown substantially, and while the government is not backing down on their push toward the agenda 2030 goal, the farmers continue to rally to display their discontent with the Dutch government and the WEF-backed blueprints.
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Spanish Populists Vow Court Action Over Govt ‘Climate Fanaticism’
Spanish populist party VOX has promised to take the government to court over any climate-crazy policies the national government tries to enforce on regional governments.
VOX has stated that it will pursue legal action against the left-wing national government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez for any measure deemed to be unconstitutional or measures that fall to the roles of the regional governments themselves.
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The UK Plans to Have Scheduled Blackouts in the Middle of Winter
The UK is being sent back to the Dark Ages, with the government planning to have several scheduled blackouts in the middle of winter to conserve power due to predicted energy shortages.
Under the government’s “reasonable worst-case scenario,” it’s expected that the country will face an electricity capacity shortfall leaving the UK with around a sixth of the energy needed during peak demand — and this is assuming the UK fires up its coal plants again.
According to officials who spoke to Bloomberg, this means that not just industries but households too will be forced to suffer organized blackouts.
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Vegans have accused protestors of ‘embarrassing the cause’ after an activist group poured milk all over the floor of Harrods in an anti-dairy protest.
Animal Rebellion, an off-shoot of Extinction Rebellion, poured milk out of cartons in the food hall of the Knightbridge department store’s food hall in a protest last month against the dairy industry — before sharing the footage of the protest on social media.
The group were forcibly removed after covering the luxury store’s floor with milk which they claim was done to highlight the environmental impacts of the dairy industry.
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UK: Extinction Rebellion: Summer Protests Cost Met £18m to Police
Climate protests in London cost the Met Police over £18m to police.
Staff overtime to deal with15 protests cost the force over £4.5m between 23 August and 6 September, according to official figures published this month.
Across the protests, 508 people were arrested for offences including assaulting police and criminal damage.
When approached for a comment, the Met stuck by remarks made prior to the protest expressing frustration at the level of disruption.
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Well, the victories don’t come along that often, but when they do, you have to celebrate them.
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Watch: French Cinema Descends Into Chaos as ‘Youths’ Wreak Havoc
‘Young people’ wreaked havoc at a cinema in France during a screening of a new anime movie over the weekend, according to reports.
The incident unfolded on Sunday in the culturally-enriched city of Marseille.
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Estonia Calls for Total Ban on Russians
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has urged Schengen countries to stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens.
“Stop issuing tourist visas to Russians. Visiting Europe is a privilege, not a human right,” Kallas wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.
The EU suspended air travel from Russia following the launch of Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine in late February, but Schengen Area countries have continued to issue visas to Russians, she wrote.
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Kyiv Calls for ‘Ban’ on Russians as Moscow Steps Up Assault in Eastern Ukraine
KYIV, Aug 9 (Reuters) — Ukraine’s president called on the West to impose a blanket travel ban on Russians, an idea that has found support among some European states but angered Moscow which pressed on with a fierce military offensive in eastern Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s idea looked likely to divide the European Union, where differences on how to deal with Moscow have long persisted between some eastern and western members.
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Large Explosions Rock Russian Military Air Base in Crimea
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Powerful explosions rocked a Russian air base in Crimea and sent towering clouds of smoke over the landscape Tuesday in what may mark an escalation of the war in Ukraine. At least one person was killed and several others were wounded, authorities said.
Russia’s Defense Ministry denied the Saki base on the Black Sea had been shelled and said instead that munitions had blown up there. But Ukrainian social networks were abuzz with speculation that it was hit by Ukrainian-fired long-range missiles.
Videos posted on social networks showed sunbathers on nearby beaches fleeing as huge flames and pillars of smoke rose over the horizon from multiple points, accompanied by loud booms. Crimea Today News said on Telegram that witnesses reported fire on a runway and damage to nearby homes as a result of what it said were dozens of blasts.
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Ukraine War: Explosions Heard at Russian Military Airfield in Crimea
Powerful explosions were heard near a Russian military airfield in the Russia-occupied Crimea on Tuesday afternoon. Footage from the scene showed plumes of smoke towering over a beach and a local park.
Oleg Kryuchkov, an adviser to Moscow-appointed head of Crimea, on Tuesday confirmed the explosions but stopped short of giving any details.
Ukrainian media said the Russian military airfield in Nefedorovka on Crimea’s western coast came under attack.
Viktoria Kazmirova, head of the Saki district in Crimea, confirmed on Tuesday that the airfield was targeted: “Our airport is on fire. All the windows have been shattered.”
The explosions would mark a rare Ukrainian attack about 200 kilometres from the frontline…
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Hong Kong Vaccine Passport Update Now Connects All Checkpoint Data to Centralized Government Server
The Hong Kong government will now require premises that are forced to check vaccination status, like restaurants, to have an internet connection. The premises have two weeks to update their QR Code Verification Scanners to make sure it can connect to the internet, according to Deputy Government Chief Information Officer Tony Wong.
“During this [updating] process, premises can first use visual inspection to see if people present an amber health code for scanning, or even whether there are people holding a red health code. But of course, the main responsibility falls on the visitors themselves,” he said.
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Australians Are Paying $1,000 to Sleep in a Pod
Due to rapidly increasing rent prices, Australians have begun paying 1,000 AUD per month to sleep in a single-bed sleeping pod.
“Each capsule pod fits a single bed (can sleep one person only), equipped with own mirror, ventilating fan, USB ports, digital control panels, adjustable colour reading lights, safe locker, clothes hanger & curtain door for privacy. They look like space shuttles.
Each private room about 10sqm in size, has a queen size bed, desk and fan,” reads a Facebook ad from landlord Frank Chan.
That might seem like a lot, but it’s water in the bucket compared to what it costs to rent a flat in the country. Chan also advertises this fact, stating that “Capsule pod near CBD from $275 per week, or $1000 per month; Private room near CBD from $400 per week, or $1500 per month.
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Jacinda Ardern Unravelling as New Zealand PM’s Popularity Tanks
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s popularity has nosedived to its lowest level since she took on the top job, with voter support collapsing over her harsh Covid agenda and the nation’s cost of living crisis.
Support for Ardern fell by three points to just 30 per cent as preferred PM, marking her worst approval rating since coming into office in 2017.
The shocking result indicates Ardern’s Labour government will have an uphill battle ahead of the next election which will be held before January 2024.
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Survivors Tell CBS News About the Horrific Gang Rape That Has Enraged South Africa
Johannesburg — When eight young models headed off on a film shoot on the morning of July 28, they were excited. The coronavirus pandemic had kept them out of work for a long time, and they’d been chosen to perform in a music video.
The pay was minimal — they were virtually doing it for free — but it wasn’t the money that thrilled them, it was the opportunity. Maybe this would be the chance they’d been waiting for, when their careers would finally take off.
But there were no lucky breaks. Instead, it would turn out to be the worst day of their lives.
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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele on Trump FBI Raid: ‘What Would the U.S. Say’ if I Did That?
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele criticized the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) raid on former U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal residence at Mar-A-Lago on Monday in a statement posted by Bukele’s official Twitter account, the Spanish news agency Agencia EFE reported.
“What would the US Government say, if OUR police raided the house of one of the main possible contenders of OUR 2024 presidential election?” Bukele wrote on August 8.
[Comment: I consider President Naib Bukele populist right. For example, he criticized Trudeau’s crackdown on the Freedom Convoy.]
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Albanians Are in the Top 10 of Foreign-Born Parents Giving Birth in UK, Data Reveals
Albanians are among the most common foreign-born parents in the UK for the first time.
More than 3,000 babies were born here last year to mothers from the Balkan country, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.
But the figures have prompted questions about the true size of the Albanian population in the UK, which according to official figures stands at less than 50,000.
It comes after a shock report leaked to The Mail on Sunday revealed four in ten migrants crossing the Channel in dinghies were from Albania — a peaceful nation in talks to join the EU — far outnumbering those fleeing war or persecution in Afghanistan or Syria.
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The 22-year-old Pakistani, who took the life of 17-year-old Nicoletta on August 1 in the western Athens neighbourhood of Peristeri, was sentenced to pre-trial detention, as expected, after he testified to investigators.
The Pakistani was accompanied by a strong police force in court so that he could answer to the severe indictment he is facing. However, the lawyer who previously represented the defendant resigned and a new lawyer was appointed, in whose presence he testified.
After his confession, with the agreement of the 25th regular investigator of Athens and the public prosecutor, the accused was deemed a temporary prisoner.
“Nicoletta was the love of my life, I regret it, I still haven’t recovered from the shock,” said the Pakistani killer to the investigator.
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The identity of the young Pakistani who killed 17-year-old Nicoletta in western Athens is even more complicated, as new evidence that has come to light shows that he was traveling not with two different identities, but with four!
More disturbingly though, it was revealed he has an asylum application rejected, prompting questions why he was allowed to remain in the country.
A request for asylum — which was rejected — was filed in July 2021 by the young Pakistani accused of murdering 17-year-old Nicoletta in Peristeri.
According to the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum, he had filed an Asylum request once, last July, which was rejected within 15 days, while he then filed a late appeal.
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Netherlands: Dozens of People Fight at Ter Apel Reception Center, One Taken to Hospital
A large fight broke out at the Ter Apel asylum seekers’ center around 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, leaving several people injured and one person hospitalized with a stab wound. Dozens were involved in the altercation, according to RTV Noord.
At least 10 police cars and four ambulances carrying police officers and paramedics in bulletproof vests arrived at the scene. An air ambulance was also present. By the evening, the situation had been resolved but police remained on alert.
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People traffickers have launched a £1,500-a-person ‘summer sale’ to cross the Channel illegally in a dinghy — mainly aimed at Albanians exploiting a loophole in UK anti-slavery laws — and advertised on TikTok with the promise: ‘The French won’t stop you — they will escort you safely until you reach the UK’.
Amid continuing calm waters and warm temperatures, ‘never been cheaper’ prices are being offered on social media with experts finding that at least a third of the 3,000 migrants who crossed from France in the past six weeks used one of the offers.
MPs have demanded that ministers redouble their efforts to deport migrants to Rwanda following a surge in Albanians using small boats to enter Britain, lured in with cut prices and the promise: ‘Hurry Albanians … England is waiting.’
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Bucking the Trend: Uganda Bans Work by LGBT Group
The Ugandan government has banned the activities of a local non-governmental organization that campaigns for the rights of sexual minorities. According to a senior official, the organization worked illegally in the African country.
The Ugandan authorities have temporarily banned a prominent LGBT non-governmental organization from continuing to operate in the country because it does not have a license from the National Office for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO Office).
The NGO Office, which reports to the Ugandan Ministry of the Interior and is responsible for overseeing, registering and regulating all NGO activities in Uganda, justified its decision by arguing that the aptly named Sexual Minorities Uganda operated illegally, since they were not registered with the NGO Office, it was still registered with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), in violation of the NGOs Act 2016.
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Michigan Library Faces Closure After Voters Reject Funding to Protest LGBTQ Literature
Patmos Library in Michigan’s Jamestown Township may face closure next year after voters rejected a millage renewal on Tuesday in protest of some graphic LGTBQ content in the library’s collection.
Voters defeated the millage by 62% to 37%, or 763 votes.
Bridge Michigan reported that 84% of the library’s $245,000 operating budget was derived from local property taxes, which would have cost each household about $24 annually.
At issue are a few LGBTQ books in the Patmos Library, including a graphic novel titled “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe, a writer using the eir pronoun. The book discusses the author’s gender fluidity and sexuality, and several panels feature graphic illustrations of sexual activity.
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Wales NHS Website Censors Terms “Girls” And “Women”
Bloody Brilliant, a website created by the Welsh government and NHS Wales to provide advice on menstruation and periods, has censored the terms “girls” and “women” from its guidance on periods.
Instead, it is calling them “people who bleed” or “half the population.”
“We are Bloody Brilliant, a source of knowledge, support, information and empowerment for young people who bleed across Wales,” the website states.
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No, DOJ exercises total control over Pres. Biden in exchange for Joe Biden’s “Hunter” license.
acura on: Accurate. The entire gubmint is on autopilot.
WORLD
Hold Your Breath. Europe Is at a Tipping Point,
As the Abyss Is Closer Than We Think
Martin Jay
July 28, 2022
It’s Italy which will fire the starter’s gun on a turnaround on the EU’s policy on Russia and the Ukraine war.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/07/28/hold-your-breath-europe-is-at-tipping-point-as-abyss-closer-than-we-think/Hold
It’s a new piece of evidence. It’s called for the benefit of and this is for the benefit of Joe.
“Just 12% of Americans Believe the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Will Actually Reduce Inflation”
I know correlation isn’t causation but it does correlate with about 16% of Americans have an IQ below 85. It does make one wonder.
I looked up another statistic, percentage of population that are psychopaths and sociopaths. That was 1-4%. I thought maybe the people where liars but it better correlates with intelligence or lack of. Oh wait, maybe 4 percent of the 16 are low intelligence psychopaths and though they were lying. 16-4=12. The numbers work even better but again correlation isn’t causation.
The psychopaths and sociopaths are Democrats. The most evil lying party in America.
Shouting “Allahu akbar” – and stealing Paludan’s Koran
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https://youtu.be/Jv0jn6wGluI
Published 10 August 2022
When Islam critic Rasmus Paludan was going to burn a Koran in Rågsved today, a young man managed to run away with the holy Muslim book.
The event was filmed by journalist Roger Sahlström.
The video shows the man running away with Paludan’s Koran while shouting “Allahu akbar”.
Police officers rush after him and soon manage to catch the Koran thief. Then they handcuff him.
There was a lot of commotion in Rågsved in connection with Rasmus Paludan’s visit on Wednesday. Many angry Muslims were present and according to Snaphanen, up to 70 police officers had to help maintain order.
“American citizens were relieved to hear the news that the president exercises no executive control over the Department of Justice.”
hahahahaha – good one 👍